Market Talk – Thursday July 30

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 433.24 points or 0.71% to 61,867.43

• Shanghai decreased 23.776 points or -0.62% to 3,804.693

• Hang Seng increased 50.96 points or 0.20% to 25,858.88

• ASX 200 decreased 70.90 points or -0.78% to 8,967.70

• SENSEX increased 273.55 points or 0.35% to 77,928.15

• Nifty50 increased 66.95 points or 0.28% to 24,317.15

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00696 or 1.00% to 0.70251

• NZDUSD increased 0.00808 or 1.39% to 0.58758

• USDJPY decreased 3.578 or -2.19% to 159.820

• USDCNY decreased 0.01153 or -0.17% to 6.74893

The above data was collected around 13:23 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold increased 39.5 USD/t oz. or 0.97% to 4,105.50

•  Silver increased 1.11 USD/t. oz. or 1.93% to 58.725

The above data was collected around 13:27 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

•  CAC 40 increased 77.37 points or 0.92% to 8,485.64

•  FTSE 100 decreased 11.14 points or -0.10% to 10,897.27

•  DAX 30 increased 151.55 points or 0.60% to 25,612.03

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00491 or 0.43% to 1.15165

• GBPUSD increased 0.00868 or 0.65% to 1.34577

• USDCHF decreased 0.0078 or -0.96% to 0.80587

The above data was collected around 13:34 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

• DJIA advanced by 613.92 points (1.19%) to 52,208.06

• S&P 500 advanced by 121.48 points (1.66%) to 7,437.63

• NASDAQ advanced by 679.24 points (2.78%) to 25,122.177

• Russell 2000 advanced by 39.80 points (1.37%) to 2,946.106

Canada:

• TSX Composite advanced by 172.06 points (0.49%) to 35,505.84

• TSX 60 advanced by 7.44 points (0.36%) to 2,099.07

Brazil:

• Bovespa advanced by 3,054.28 points (1.76%) to 176,939.62

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

•  Crude Oil decreased 0.676 USD/BBL or -0.80% to 83.784

•  Brent decreased 1.595 USD/BBL or -1.76% to 89.145

•  Natural gas increased 0.0286 USD/MMBtu or 1.05% to 2.7506

•  Gasoline decreased 0.079 USD/GAL -2.33% to 3.3188

•  Heating oil decreased 0.13 USD/GAL or -2.97% to 4.2401

The above data was collected around 13:36 EST.

•  Top commodity gainers: Orange Juice (2.22%), Palladium (4.35%), Platinum (3.75%) and Copper (2.57%)

•  Top commodity losers: Heating Oil (-2.97%), Gasoline (-2.33%), Lean Hogs (-1.90%) and Brent (-1.76%)

The above data was collected around 13:41 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.8040% (+5.28bp), US 2’s 4.24% (-0.043%), US 10’s 4.6710% (-1.3bps); US 30’s 5.21 (+0.009%), Bunds 3.1546% (-0.13bp), France 3.971% (+0.86bp), Italy 3.9540% (-4.53bp), Turkey 32.410% (+9bp), Greece 3.8620% (+0.49bp), Portugal 3.5050% (-3.23bp); Spain 3.603% (-2.2bp) and UK Gilts 4.9924% (-4.85bp)

The above data was collected around 13:49 EST.